PROS FOR
ADULT BAPTISM:
·
When you are an
adult you can fully understand the commitment of being a Roman Catholic.
·
They can make up
their own mind about God when they are an adult.
·
They
have a choice at adulthood about how to be baptized. (dunking, pouring, and
sprinkling)
·
None of the
baptisms recorded in the New Testament mention
infants.
CONS FOR INFANT BAPTISM:
·
You are imposing your
religion on someone. There
are religions that do not Baptize
children or infants as they believe it needs
to be a personal decision made by an adult.
·
It could break the
freedom of religion and thought which are guaranteed by many democratic
foundations.
·
Psychologists say
that childhood experiences affect later personality.
·
parents and children develop a stronger sense of
unity, by sharing the same religion.
·
Another one is that the churches can increase
the number of believers.
Consequently they could make profits and gain bigger voices in politics.
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